I suspect piracy will become increasingly popular in these countries

  • some pirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Wow fuck them

    6000 is the cost of a aaa game on sale = 5 usd, 80 dollars is almost half of a salary, no more original games I guess

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        Yeah idk why people are salt at steam. It should be fuck my government for not being able to run a economy and currency.

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      We are implementing this with two new pricing regions: LATAM-USD (which includes Argentina) and MENA-USD (which includes Turkey)

      The prices will be denominated in USD. But unique to the region. Unless the developer is lazy and doesn’t set a price for the newly created regions.

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          Depends on what price the developer chooses and how stable the exchange rate between USD & the local currency is. If the currency gets weaker and weaker compared to the dollar, then the real price that locals are paying will go up.

          And, I’m pretty sure that local inflation rates are the primary driver of this change. So, yeah, games will likely get more expensive as inflation continues & developers don’t constantly update the USD list price.

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      Not Steam’s fault. They got fucked by the EU for having regional pricing.

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      Yk I’ve always wodnered what starting a charity to donate computers to countries with the worst steam pricing would do for piracy